Archive for October 13th, 2011
Big Boi Avoids Jail Time for Drug Charges
October 13th, 2011
Big Boi will not serve jail time as a result of his arrest on drug charges in Miami The Outkast rapper appeared in a Miami courtroom earlier today as prosecutors outlined a deal in which he will pay $2000 in donations to charities and undergo three months of mandatory drug...
Tom Morello at Occupy Wall Street: ‘Take It Easy, but Take It’
October 13th, 2011
Tom Morello paused for a moment as he tuned his guitar in front of the Occupy Wall Street masses this morning at New York's Liberty Plaza "This is crazy out here" he said smiling The Rage Against the Machine guitarist went on to perform a four-song set for hundreds of...
Whitney Houston Nearly Kicked Off Flight
October 13th, 2011
Multiple sources have told TMZ that Whitney Houston was nearly kicked off a Delta Airlines flight for refusing to buckle her seatbelt According to sources the singer "got diva" with a crew member who told her to buckle up on board a flight in Atlanta yesterday but relented when told...
Exclusive Stream: Patrick Stump Embraces Club Pop on ‘Soul Punk’
October 13th, 2011
Click to listen to Patrick Stump's album 'Soul Punk' Patrick Stump's debut solo album Soul Punk marks a bold new direction for the former Fall Out Boy frontman who has left behind the arena-filling emo angst of his old band in favor of super clean R&B-inflected club tracks influenced by mega-hits...
Free Download: Craig Wedren’s Gleefully Sinister ‘I Know’
October 13th, 2011
Click to listen to Craig Wedren's 'I Know' Craig Wedren's latest album Wand finds the veteran indie rocker sounding revitalized following a reunion with his old band Shudder to Think The record plays up Wedren's versatile songwriting talent and his gorgeous wonderfully elastic voice but the best cuts play up a...
Song Premiere: Manchester Orchestra’s Lush ‘Simple Math’
October 13th, 2011
Click to listen to Manchester Orchestra's 'Simple Math (White Sea Remix)' Atlanta-based Manchester Orchestra is hitting the road in support of their third album Simple Math which was released earlier this year The White Sea remix of title track "Simple Math" is dreamy and atmospheric and addresses the growth the band...
Radiohead Reloads for Post-‘King of Limbs’ Blitz
October 13th, 2011
"This is a nice little hit" singer Thom Yorke says in a breezy voice the day before Radiohead's September 28th show at New York's Roseland Ballroom He is sitting in a hotel lobby drinking tea and talking cheerfully about his band's current promo blitz on behalf of its latest album...
Song Premiere: Brian Wilson Remakes ‘Bare Necessities’ From ‘The Jungle Book’
October 13th, 2011
Click to listen to Brian Wilson's 'Bare Necessities' When Disney approached Brian Wilson about doing an album of songs from classic Disney movies he jumped right in "I said I’d love to do it" he tells Rolling Stone "I flipped" The result is In the Key of Disney (out October 25th) a...
Guns N’ Roses Defend Late Set at Rock in Rio
October 13th, 2011
Guns N' Roses have defended themselves against claims by Rock in Rio festival organizer Roberto Medina that the band showed a "lack of commitment" by going on stage late at the event in Rio de Janeiro Brazil on October 2nd "Guns N' Roses would like to set the record straight...
Pitchfork Launches Video Game and Music Festival
October 13th, 2011
Pitchfork is teaming up with New York City promoters The Bowery Presents to host Forms a four-day multi-media festival in the city that the site claims will showcase "the creativity independence innovation and interactivity happening in the growing platforms of music art and gaming" Naturally Pitchfork's video games-centric sister site...